By Carla McRee Each month, we want to share stories about women here at Shepherd’s Gate who, by the grace of God, are turning their lives around for good. Thanks to your prayers and support, women and their children get a brand new start — and we want to keep you posted on how they’re…
By Jen Harp Brentwood and Livermore campuses need your help to restock the pantry! Thanksgiving at Shepherd’s Gate was a wonderful time of thanking God and blessing others. During the holidays, over 80 women and children were served a warm meal of turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and pumpkin pie because of the generosity of so…
The word Graduate means- a person who has successfully completed a course of study or training. That definition, though true in the case of our graduates here at Shepherd’s Gate, falls far short of what I believe they have also achieved– Transformation. When they come to our doors with their belongings stuffed in plastic grocery…
By Steve McRee Welcome to the new Shepherd’s Gate blog. We want to use these posts to connect with our supporters, encourage our donors and engage in a conversation with everyone who has a heart for abused and battered women. We hope you’ll think about this as a conversation between friends. As the Executive Director,…
I lost count of how many schools I attended growing up. I lost count of how many boyfriends my mother dated during my childhood. Even to this day, I remember only a few of their names. My family consisted of my older brother, myself, and my younger sister. My dad was in prison most of…
If you met Carey today, you would think she is a typical mom living a middle-class life, but ten years ago she was just the opposite. Carey grew up in a pretty normal family until her parents divorced and her mother remarried when Carey was eighteen. Carey’s stepfather was abusive, he terrorized the family, and…
People never start out thinking “I’m going to be a drug addict”. We don’t look at newborn babies and squeal with joy, “Oh, she’s gonna be so homeless someday”. Babies are born with such potential, and such hope for bright and successful futures. It is the events and decisions of our lives that mold the…
After 13 years of being a single mother, and raising her 3 sons, Cheryl had thought she found someone to share the rest of her life with. He seemed nice, and stable, and after a time of courtship, she married him. It didn’t take long for Cheryl to find out she had made a very…
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